I'm hoping to get some clarity today through blogging.  Putting my words on "paper" so to speak, to see what it is I'm thinking and connect the dots.  Do you ever feel like it's just not happening. Things are just not coming together the way I need them too.
 I've just spent the last hour sitting before God.  Speaking in tongues, then sitting still, then listening to music....what ever I can do to get a Word....from Him.   And nothing.  Absolutely nothing......except Psalm 3.  Let's see.

It sounds like David feels really overwhelmed like me and he's begging God to hear him.  "So many are against me", he says.  "So many say that God will never help me."  But Lord, You are my shield, my glory and my only hope......"  Then he falls asleep......like me.  My only problem is that it's time to get up so sleep is not what I'm after.  When David wakes up he proclaims that he slept in peace and that the Lord sustained him.  He is no longer afraid of the ten thousands of people that are against him.  Well that's definitley not something to laugh off but David does go on to say in Ps. 4 that God has given him relief when he was in distress.  So.....am I feeling better yet?  NO!  But alas, my eyes have fallen onto another verse.

"Put your trust in the Lord".  My eyes have settled upon that "Word" from God.  Ps.4.5  Concordance 982.  "Trust".   To go to Him quickly and confidently for refuge.  That makes sense.  Sometimes the only answer is to go into our quiet place and know that God has our back.  To know that he desires for us to live our very best life through him and simply follow His advice to "be still and know that I am God."  and....to learn to manage our minds.  Know the drill.  When overwhelm comes, stop, breathe and seek clarity of mind.  For that moment seek peace....and it will come.  I believe it's about discipline.  That's why the word says that "I have come not to again give you a spirit of fear, but of love, power and a disciplined mind.  The battle starts in our mind.

Okay.  So I'm starting to feel better.  For me, I need to head towards the peace.  God once said to me to not only seek peace, but EMBRACE it.  Embrace peace and hold it to your heart.  For me, I see a big stuffed bear with the word PEACE.  I'm squeezing it tight and see myself smiling.  Get good feelings about it......and breathe.  Today I shall SEEK PEACE AND EMBRACE IT!!!

What about you?